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SAMUEL h. GRAHAM. i0i LswiIst. N. Y. CITY.
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9teamboats ano Railroads.

A LBANY BOATS-PEOPLES .LINE.-Pal
4 soe steim,rs DREW and DEAN RICHMOND
ieavgeyery week lay atatJp tro Psr IL n 4. fsas.i
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Leave brooklyn, via Annex. Fnlton-st, az n m.
A -RONDOUT, KINGSTON AND CATS
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aware, SONY Glove and Catsktl Mountain Railroads
seaners CITY Of Kingston and James W. Baldwin Leave
every week ay at4 pier foot Of HARRISON st, except
onv Newburgh and Poughkeepse connecting with
ing IRAN Tot all Summer Resorts through the mountains
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at train from the mountains arriving at NevYork
A MARY POWELL.-For Cranston, West
PohghKeepsie. Hyde Park, Rondont and Kingston Daily
Suhaays eeped leaves Vesyst 3l5, West 22dst $50
SATURDAYS LEAVES ONE HOUR EARLIER
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
AN IMMENSE TERRITORY.

The United States bought Alaska
from Russia in 1867, paying for it ST.
500, 600. 1t was thought at the time
by the people generallyAthat' Russia
had decidedly the advantage in the
bargain, but as the country ~:is.settled
and opened up to trade it proves to
have been a splendid investment. 1t,
is not that cold, pe~rpetually frozsd
region it was popularity believed to be,
and along the coast in the winter the
climate is not colder than that Of the
Middle Atlantic States, while the pro-
ductivenes5 of the soil will compare
favorably with that of the Atlantic
Seaboard. There are paying mines Of
copper and gold and inexhaustible beds
of coal and iron. From the extreme
east to the extreme west is as great a
distance al from Washington to San
Francisco, forming a territory larger
than all the States east of the Missis.
sippi River combined, drained by rivers
some of which are larger than the
Mississippi. With the enterprise and
progressive spirit of these days it will
not be many years before this vast
territory will be utilized. :. ~:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
EARNEST,

H>The following letter. to the Ismaes-
Democrat from the Secretary OF the
National Farmers. Alliance and Co.
Operative Union explains itself;
NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE AND
Co:Operativ7e Union Of America,
'a5fWACo, Tex, March 28,, 1887.
TS5tthe Editor of the IsnesD Democrat:
--Issee in the Dallas eaosof thef2lst,
COPIED from your paper, ian EDITORIAL
stating that thereowas "a NEW 'pHdeess
for manufacturing cottonrseedrolpan
that the company propose building
the mills and issuing to. the farmers
onlee-ha1f s65ff' the stock for cotton seed.
As the 'compahy did not 'paysyou for
an advertisement you failed to men
ton their address. Now will you
please publish this letter? There will
Nbe a cotton congress in the City of
Waco, Texas, May 4, 1887, composed
Of delegates from 100 counties in
Texas, of Alliance members, the
State Grange and State Wheel and
Louisiana State Union.
Now, if a representative of that
manufacturing company would come
here with proper credentials he a
get seven-tenths Of the cotton seed in
Texas, Western Louisiana and South
western Arkansas. The organizers
under the National Alliance are e
ceiving q lattering welcome in other
States, and are reporting phenomenal
success.
W. expect our national meeting at
Shreveport in October to represent
1000, 600 farmers and laborers.
80 Respectfully, E. B. WARREN,
Secretary National Farmers Alliance
and Cooperative Union. 49,.
The Alliance Standard.
The Day, of Waco, Texas, says that
measures will be adopted by this Con-
gress of Cotton Planters to establish
three or more cotton factories at
practicable points in the State. 1t is
said: that $4,000 600 of stock will be
subscribed by the order to be invested
in manufactures of different kinds.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

.. go"
y If there is any form of extravaganza
that is pardonable it is that which
manifests itself in the identifying of
the home. Money spent in making the
home attractive. in: adding to it's COM
forts, and even to its Injuries, is money
spent wisely. Such outlay does not par
take of the, selfshness of mere per-
sonal ~adornment, nor the qualification
Of desires and wishes that have no
higher aim than ones own happiness,
for the home is not for the Individual,
but for the family. Whatever makes
the home dearer and sweeter, and
more to be loved and Slonged for than
any other place on earth, must elevate
its character, and bring it nearer it's
heavenly ideal-the eternal home
above. ~
And among the surroundings of the
ideal home we cannot forego the love
of the beautiful. In the sublime
visions Of the seer of Patmos we read
Of a city whose walls are of all man
ner Of precious stones, it's gates of
PEARL and its streets of pure gold,
with a river clear as crystal running
through, it, and it's inhabitants wearing
white robes and crowns upons their
heads. The home that God provides
for us aboyais beautiful and hefr has
given us q beautiful world to- live in
here.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
GOOD BuTrERY1ELDs.

At a late meeting in Worcestershire,
England Chamber of Agriculture, the
President,,sG Col. Curtis Hayward, made
a statement of5rwhieh we give the
gist:
During twelve months he obtained
1854 pounds of butter from an aver
age of forty-seven cows kept during
the year. During eighteen weeks,
from October to February, the number
of pounds of milk used to produce
one pound of butter averaged only
nineteen and a half, or less than six
teen, pints, A: real separator was
used, but the result is still remarkable,
as the usual proportion is nearer to
three; gallons than two of milk to the
pound of butter, even In. winter, when
milk is richer than in summer. The
ratio was eleven pounds of butter to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
: REDUCE, THE ACREAGE.

The Star. used to urge upon the
cotton planters to cut down the acre
age:i. It was accustomed to say that
If; for three or five years they would
reduce their acreage one-third that
cotton Would advance ton15 cents or
more according to the number Of
| years this course was pursued, until
it had reached the maximum price.
We notice that the Louisville Courier.
Journal and Richmond State are urging
that the tobacco growers shall reduce
their production 40 per cent. There
is now a great surplus on hand in this
country and" in Europe. Our Louis.
vile contemporary says that 40 per
cent. would be about 80, 900, 900
pounds. 1t says:
"There is, therefore, nothing to re-
quire a long siege of years to rectify
the blunders of previous overproduc-
ton; but one year of wisdom and dis
erection will do it all. 1t will be, of
course, necessary to avoid. overpro-
duction thereafter, as that mistake in
any year would create anew the
ruinous condition under which the
market has been latterly suffering.
The markets are like a man in this
too much feeding, however wholesome
the food, will produce Indigestion"
But will the tobacco growers be
wiser than the cotton planters? The
latter have kept up as far as bad sea-
IONS would allow their production of
the great staple. The result has been
immense loss in the diminution of re-
ceipts. The prices have ruled low
and thousands of planters r in fnan-
cial distress with farms all plastered
over with mortgages. High interest
for supplies has reduced a vast army
to a condition of servitude or of great
embarrassment. We have no idea
that the tobacco men will be wises. In
some sections not really. we'll adapted
to the growing Of that crop it will be
partially or entirely abandoned, but
the great producing sections will grow
all they can, we have no doubt, and
take the chances as to prices. OF
course this is not prudent Or wise. If
there were not more than $500, 600
bales of cotton produced in the South
for the next ten years, the price Of the
Southern staple would never fall be-
low twelve and a half cents, and we
believe it would average IA Or Is
cents. Tobacco would Of course rule
higher with less production.-Stor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
WILL WE BE FORCED TOV DI.
II VERSIFY2

A readiustment of international
trade seems inevitable under the
changes now going on in the produc-
ton of the staple crops of the world.
The fertile fields of Texas and Louis
lana are broughtinto competition with
India and Egypt, in the markets of
Great Britain and Europe. The en-
larged production Of cotton in those
countries, under the stimulus of gov
ernmental protection and encourage
ment, and at a minimum cost Of labor,
threatens to force the producer in the
South to find new markets. The
rapidly increasing acreage devoted to
wheat in India and Russia, and the
steady growth in the cattle trade in
South America, all tend to curtail the
consumption of and demand for
American products in foreign markets.
Meantime, it is a question in indus
trial economy which the people of our
State should ponder most seriously,
whether we can afford with the meagre
average yield per acre of cotton to
copfend against those States further
South, which are so much better
adapted to it's production.
- Will not a condition of things arise
in the near future from the sharp and
active competition between the most
productive sections of our country
and these new rivals which will force
us to abandon the effort to make
money on cotton and turn .our atten-
ton to diversified industries? 1t is no
disparagement to say that our State is
not adapted peculiarly. to the growth
of any n crop, but it is her glory,
rather, that she produces all the staple
crops in fair abundance. The sooner
we come to recognize the admirable
adaptability of our State to a general
system of diversified farming and in
dustry, the sooner we will begin that
steady growth and substantial progress
which we all so much desire.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

Elsewhere we publish the proceed
ings of ME-: Pleasant GtaHhge,,'Ct abarruiss
county, and I'VE desire to Commend to
the>fagmers of,the Statesthe saetion fiof
this patriotic body of farmepsss They
are'gfahgers from principles For these
long years, while Grange after Grange
continued to fall until over five hun
dred,were stricken from the State
Grange roibn they stood sbravely by
their c%olors, with a consistency and
fidelity that challenges our admiration.
They. believe that the Changers is the
best form of organization, and heliev-
ing it, they have stood faithfully by it;
but with that fraternity Of, spirit iiincul-
Gated by the teachings Of their, order,
they extend the kindly profer Of their
aid and cooperation to all farmers
organizations Of whatever name. This
is the proper spirit. And we believe
that it is the spirit which .actuates the
great, body of farmers throughout the
country and which will in the near
future, bind them together In one com
mon brotherhood. 80: IS .;#
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
TT-T
HOW DO YOU O

What proportion of farmers can APP
proximate the cost of the products Of
their farms? What did YOU corn,
cotton, tobaccotoats wheat. lrye, hay,
pototoes, &c, cost per pound. or per
bushel !? Which field !son the farm
yielded the best profit? What crop ?
These are Most important questions
and every farmer should. be able to
answer each for himself. .sy :
1t can be done easily. Keep a slate
hanging at some convenientp place. and
at night, after the days work is over,
take down the transaction .Sff'the day.
give your 0 or: daughter a nice, blank
book-should cost but httlsAandi let
them keep it as the: farmerssaceount
book. Take two pageea''' debtor and
credit, for each separate field or crop.
Name or number f each field SO, they
may be distinguished; HO0n one page
charge the field with each days work,
giving the date Of ploMipgs, hoeingg,
ditching and all mazner Of. work stat
ing the price per day. Charge j with
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

or family use, not infrequently suffer
great disappointment when q COW with
all the external appearances OF E good
before the incoming; ling period, cutting Of
the milk supply two or three months
earlier than is provided for: The only
means of positive guarding against
this inconvenience OF evil, as the case
may be, is for each individual to raise
his own. COWS. and train them np.in the
way heWould have them 80, which is
not 81 difficult or expensive a matter
as is generally supposed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
-. .N,.N 81:
THE FLOW.

Mr.. o. S. Bliss, the well-known
Vermont dairyman, in article to the
New York Tribune on holding the
flow of milk and the time when the
incoming COW. viii go dry, says:
"There is in all animals, however we'll
bred, a constant tendency to atavism
or reversion to an earlier and more
natural condition, Long milking is
essentially a habit of domestication
which has resulted from persistent
breeding to that end. In some breeds
the habit may be said to have become
quite fixed, and the tendency to rever-
sion to the habit Of going dry early
but rarely appears, but by far the
greater number of young COW Of all
breeds exhibit the tendency in a more
d. less. marked degree, and unless
guarded against by continuous, effort
to keep ZIP, the flow, the early drying
habit becomes fixed for life. .Of course
the evidence4 bearing directly upon
this questionis'largely negative, and to
be received with a grainbf allowance.
Many farmers assert with the utmost
p~ositiveness that a young COW once
permitted to go dry two or three or
four or evensix months before calvfnS
will always do so, and detail individual
experiences in proof of it. In ARE
cent meeting of dairymen this subject
was discussed at much length and
without any dissent supported by ex-
peefience. !, 81 =" .'sf"
but this evidence is all of the mega
tive sort though in the absence of any
other known; cause it may be accepted
as generally sound. Formerly the
opinion was widely prevalent that it
was goodsecohomy TO let COWS 60 dry
from three~to four months, and not all
farmers have been educated to at
tempt to feed and milk with reference
to keeping up the flow as long as prac-
ticable. The result ID that great mum
bers of short mixers come upon the
markets and people .who>depend upon
purchasing, cows, either for the dairy
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

g The attitude of the farmers Of the
country towards the railroads i truly,
and we'll defined in, the following,
which is found: in he Declaration Of
Principles of Tie Rstrens Of; ,Hus-
bandry. The Subject Ms now more
prominently before the public than
ever before:!r 49, a-issaa.iisa4
ave wage no aggressive warfare
against any otheR interests what
ever. On 1.-THE con~trary,'s'al our
acts and all our efforts, SOAR as
business. is concerned, n not only for
the benefit Of the: producer and con-
sumner, but also for. ait other interests
that tend to bring these two parties
into speedy and economical CONTACT.
Hence we hold that transportation
companies of every kind are necessary
to our success, that their interests ate
intimately connected with our inter
| ests, and harmonious actionHis'mu-
tually advantageous, keeping in>view
the first sentence of eurv Declaration
of Principles of Action, that 'Individ-
ual happiness depends upon general
prosperity "*'i-''* live afeo not
enemies of railroads'Ha*. - nor Of
any corporation that will advance: our
industrial interests y We are
opposed to such spirit and manage
ment Of any corporation or enterprise
as tends to Cypress the people, and
rob them of, their just profits. We
are not enemies of capital, but we
oppose the Tyranny of monopolies.
We desire proper equality,
equity and fairness; protection for the
weak; restraint upon the strong; in
short, justly distributed burdens and
Justly distributed power. These are
American ideas, the very essence of
American independence, and to ad.
vocate the contrary is;unworthy of the
sons and daughters of n American
Republic"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

20" e. -E go = - "'-
the manure, with the seed and every
thing done to make the crop. When
the crop is harvested charge it to the
cost Of harvesting, charge it with q
fair rental per +: acre atc;e Now when the
crop is harvested. enter on the credit
page the amount in pounds or bushels,
and it's value. 3 : Z .' s.,<
THE farm account kept even: in this
very simply manner would BE- rr.5 Of in
calculable help to, the, average farmer:
He would be able to. referf to II each
successive year and note the" cause of
failure or of success With; certain fields
or certain crops. At q cost of forty
cents any farmer may provide to keep
a record, of whatlhe is doing; and not
hastsamong the many advantages and
benefits, he would derive from some
sgeh system would TT" The interest II
would imRlapt inthe chhild's.mind who
keeps thesaccount. and the great help
it Would be toFit in acqairingaa9 taste
for and knowledge Of Business method
and SYSTEM: Try it one ,} SSsaarr ara you
will not abandon it, & 20, xss.,t. x.<f+
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'just over eighteen pounds" of milk
The cows in use for this experiment
we're thirty-one Short-horns and eleven
of Channels aHlaadE breeds, chieeu
Jerseys..-=Eaeh had twenty five pounds
of. chat, half hay and half straw,
slightly steamed ;4foair,pounds of mix'
ed meal, composed of barley, wheat
and beans; and two pounds Of decor,
ticated' cotton cake! No roots wero
given. The, Short-horns. were turned
on to pastures for a few hours everv
Januargiapd We're allowed to pick over
the outside of a stack of silage,-
Farmy Field and &ocknmm,. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21
THE WAY THEY LOOK AT 1T IN
JONES. .

A Jones county correspondent OF
the New Berne Journal puts it in this
way:
",why is it that Some farmers are
ing, when some Of them consider that
on a one-horse farm a fine Cincinnati
buggy is an Indispensable necessity ?
When [ see a farmer loaded down
with heavy mortgages for commercial
fertilizers, and a. ne;top-buggy to ride
in on Sundays, with a fine beaver hat
on his. head purchased on time(, | just
set that chap down as one who has
wasted'$5 On a beaver to cover five
cents worth of brains. Such a chap
is always a failureM4don't need a phre-
nologist to acquaint us of the fact, Ell
Their. Yet he is sure to complain of
bad luck and bad crops.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

Upon the question of profit in fowls
it is correctly held by Poultry Magnet
as highly important that chicks of the
large breeds be Matched early in the
season. If you have a good place to
real them the earlier you can have
them out of the shell the better birds
yon are liable to have in the fall.
Light and Dark Brahmas, Buff, Black,
Partridge and White Cochins and
Langshans especially will do much
better and bring far more satisfactory
results for time and labor expended,
If you will have them started early
very early-in the spring. If they
are Matched late, the result will be very
evident from a glance at your flock in
autumn. You will have scrubs and
runts and sfckly birds in great plenty.
But if they have an early start you
will observe that your focks will con-
tain larges'sigorous and hardy young
fowls, which, will bringny ou a worthy
recompense for your toll and dollars
invested! Don't procrastinate! Pro
c~rastination is not only the "thief Of
time" but it plays sad havoc in the
chen business" Provide warm and
comfortable quarters for your chicks,
and when, inIearly spring, some of the
.old reliables' begin to appear broody
furnish them with "a clutch of. eggs,
and when the chicks appear give them
proper care, and, above all, supply
them with place to grow and feed in
that will not make you ashamed OF
Yourself every time you look at it.
This is solid" sledgehammer gospel,
every word of it, and we trust some
OF our, readers may take the hint and
act accordingly
Fifty:six, children are at the Orphan
age, at Townsville, and twenty-four
more are expected to arrive shortly.
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H O MARK.

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that the time for which you subscribed
has or is about to expire, It is to give
notice so your subscription may be re-
newed. If the subscription: be not re-
newed, the name will be dropped from
the list, but we want every M to renew
and bring a friend along too,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

@-We ask every Grange and. Farm
ers' Club in the State to send us at once,
the number of members in:the organiza-
ton, together with the name and post
office address of each officer
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RALEIGH, Me- April. Il, 1887.
This paper entered as second-2Gssm matter at the Post
Office in Raleigh, N. CT
ENDORSED By THE coNyEN-
TON.

{oThe following resolution was passed by
the Farmers Mass Convention III: Raleigh,
January 26th, 1887: '''.! @':>s -
Resosued, That THE PRoeREssIvE FARMER, pub.
lished by L. /. Polk, Winston, \. c., be declared
the OFFICIAL Organ Of the North Carolina Farmers
Association, and that its Editor, L. i. Polk, be ad-
member of this Convention. -:
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Fifty,six. children are at the Orphan
age, at Townsville, and twenty-four
more are expected to arrive shortly.